Comments: Corporate sales rose nearly 6% last year. For years, SC Johnson products have helped consumers clean their home. Now, SCJ is helping them decorate too, with the launch of Vecco, a process to rejuvenate old carpets or rugs with ease and creative freedom. Would-be decorators can visit www.veccostudio.com to create designs and calculate the amount of colorant, sealant and templates needed to create their design. Colorants and sealants are available for $16.99 each and $15.99 per template. One can of colorant or sealant covers six templates and each template can be used six times. Vecco products are sold directly to consumers via the website and through the interactive experience at Vecco Design Studio locations.

SC Johnson is offering concentrated versions of its most popular products.

SC Johnson has proudly published its sustainably report for 20 years. In 2011, SCJ reached some key milestones:

Achieved the 2011 goal to source 40% of the company’s electricity from renewable sources.

Using its patented Greenlist process, SC Johnson has continued to improve its products. Since 2001, the percent of “better” or “best” ingredients used in the company’s products increased by 33 percentage points.

SC Johnson advocated for better chemical regulation and the need to modernize the 35-year-old chemical statute the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in the US.

The Five Year Plan

SCJ’s Pledge Multi Surface in Lavender Fresh scent.

The company’s 2011 report also introduces SC Johnson’s next set of five-year sustainability objectives which focus on 360° of green choices. These include:

Continuously Improving Products: Having already increased use of ingredients rated “better” or “best” from 18% in 2001 to 51% in 2010, increase to 58% by 2016.

Communicate Transparently: Communicate to the people who buy SC Johnson products about the materials used and the impact of the company’s operations.

Reduce Carbon Footprint: Decrease the company’s upstream footprint by 8%; reduce emissions from SC Johnson by 6%; increase the company’s use of renewable energy to 44% of total electricity use worldwide and cut downstream footprint by 2%.

Continue SCJ’s work to improve lives through infectious disease prevention, efforts at the base of the economic pyramid, and community investment and volunteerism.

“At the end of the day, we all want to make the world a better place for our children and our children’s children,” concluded Fisk Johnson, chairman and CEO. “That’s the heart of SC Johnson’s environmental plan, and it’s an aspiration this family company has held dear for 125 years.”

SC Johnson’s retail customers are taking notice. In March, Walmart Canada presented SCJ with its second-annual Vendor Sustainability Award, which recognizes a company’s overall sustainability progress and effort in helping Walmart sell products that sustain both people and the environment. SC Johnson was one of 80 companies considered for the honor. In April, Sam’s Club selected SCJ as its vendor of the year in Brazil and China.

February 7, 2014Following are the contact details of trade associations that serve various segments of our industry and are mentioned frequently in the pages of Happi. Associations that are not listed but wish to be included should contact Tom Branna, Happi/Rodman Media, Ramsey, NJ Tel: (201) 880-2223; Fax: (201) 825-0553; Email: tbranna@rodmanmedia.com.